Microsoft Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,484 1,791 1,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.53% 26.63% 21.22%
As % of the Vendors category 54.20% 57.40% 49.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 886 1,104
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,813 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £77,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
West Midlands

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,738 3,120 3,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.89% 46.39% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,169 1,626 2,075
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,750 £28,639
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% +2.80%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -2 508 £50,000 -8.36% 141
Staffordshire 0 193 £40,000 -11.11% 67
Warwickshire +10 190 £47,500 -9.52% 50
Worcestershire +1 117 £36,298 -9.26% 30
Coventry +1 68 £45,000 -10.00% 26
Solihull +3 57 £62,500 +47.06% 12
Shropshire +19 56 £41,500 -4.60% 22
Wolverhampton -4 35 £32,500 -35.00% 13
Dudley -1 16 £25,000 -58.33% 6
Herefordshire +6 13 £30,000 -14.67% 12
Wednesbury +1 12 £30,000 +3.45%
Tipton - 11 £25,000 - 1
Walsall -4 8 £26,000 +23.81% 4
Halesowen -6 6 £38,000 +13.43% 3
Stourbridge - 5 £55,000 - 3
Brierley Hill -4 3 £32,500 -35.00%
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 200 (13.48%) SharePoint
2 146 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 51 (3.44%) IIS
4 15 (1.01%) Confluence
5 12 (0.81%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.47%) Apache
7 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.34%) WordPress
8 4 (0.27%) Office Communications Server
8 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.20%) CMS
9 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.20%) nginx
9 3 (0.20%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.13%) Liferay
10 2 (0.13%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 301 (20.28%) Microsoft Office
2 177 (11.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.67%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.47%) Trello
7 6 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.27%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) InDesign
9 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.067%) Blender
10 1 (0.067%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 71 (4.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.34%) Sage 200
3 5 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Magento
4 4 (0.27%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.067%) Scribe Insight
6 1 (0.067%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 564 (38.01%) Azure
2 482 (32.48%) Microsoft 365
3 272 (18.33%) Power Platform
4 166 (11.19%) Dynamics 365
5 116 (7.82%) Entra ID
6 89 (6.00%) PowerApps
7 88 (5.93%) AWS
8 73 (4.92%) Power Automate
9 55 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (2.43%) SaaS
11 29 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 28 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
13 27 (1.82%) PaaS
14 25 (1.68%) IaaS
15 24 (1.62%) Azure Stack
16 22 (1.48%) OneDrive
17 18 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
18 16 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
19 13 (0.88%) Serverless
20 11 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 138 (9.30%) Firewall
2 120 (8.09%) WAN
3 113 (7.61%) DNS
4 101 (6.81%) DHCP
5 79 (5.32%) LAN
6 63 (4.25%) TCP/IP
7 61 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
8 55 (3.71%) SAN
9 44 (2.96%) VPN
10 32 (2.16%) Intranet
11 28 (1.89%) VLAN
11 28 (1.89%) Wireless
12 25 (1.68%) Network Security
13 24 (1.62%) SD-WAN
14 23 (1.55%) VoIP
15 16 (1.08%) Unified Communications
16 15 (1.01%) Internet
17 13 (0.88%) HTTP
17 13 (0.88%) iSCSI
18 12 (0.81%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (16.71%) SQL Server
2 190 (12.80%) Power BI
3 58 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 40 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 38 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
6 37 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 29 (1.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 25 (1.68%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.21%) MongoDB
11 16 (1.08%) Tableau
12 14 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.88%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.61%) Metadata
15 8 (0.54%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.47%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.47%) Power Query
17 6 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
17 6 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 41 (2.76%) Git
2 33 (2.22%) JIRA
3 27 (1.82%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.47%) Postman
5 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.34%) Jasmine
6 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.34%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (0.34%) MSTest
6 5 (0.34%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.20%) GitLab
7 3 (0.20%) Moq
8 2 (0.13%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Bower
8 2 (0.13%) CANoe
8 2 (0.13%) gulp
9 1 (0.067%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 512 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 264 (17.79%) Finance
3 142 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.48%) Retail
5 99 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 82 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 79 (5.32%) Public Sector
8 77 (5.19%) Law
9 60 (4.04%) Marketing
10 49 (3.30%) Legal
11 46 (3.10%) Local Government
11 46 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
13 32 (2.16%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.21%) Advertising
16 15 (1.01%) Back Office
16 15 (1.01%) Banking
17 14 (0.94%) Automotive
17 14 (0.94%) Police
Job Titles
1 222 (14.96%) Developer
2 219 (14.76%) Analyst
3 154 (10.38%) Senior
4 142 (9.57%) IT Support
5 102 (6.87%) Consultant
6 94 (6.33%) Support Engineer
7 91 (6.13%) IT Engineer
8 83 (5.59%) Architect
9 82 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 65 (4.38%) .NET Developer
11 56 (3.77%) Lead
12 55 (3.71%) IT Support Engineer
13 49 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (3.17%) Support Analyst
15 45 (3.03%) IT Technician
16 44 (2.96%) IT Manager
17 40 (2.70%) Power Platform Developer
18 38 (2.56%) Administrator
19 37 (2.49%) 2nd Line Support
19 37 (2.49%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (11.46%) .NET
2 73 (4.92%) HTML
3 70 (4.72%) ASP.NET
4 61 (4.11%) .NET Core
5 55 (3.71%) AngularJS
6 52 (3.50%) ASP.NET Web API
7 49 (3.30%) ASP.NET MVC
7 49 (3.30%) REST
8 45 (3.03%) Entity Framework
9 43 (2.90%) CSS
10 34 (2.29%) React
11 33 (2.22%) .NET Framework
12 32 (2.16%) RESTful
13 26 (1.75%) JSON
13 26 (1.75%) Vue
14 25 (1.68%) HTML5
15 23 (1.55%) Web Services
16 22 (1.48%) Node.js
17 19 (1.28%) WebRTC
18 17 (1.15%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 95 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
2 91 (6.13%) Driving Licence
3 71 (4.78%) Data Centre
4 59 (3.98%) Management Information System
5 47 (3.17%) Clustering
6 38 (2.56%) Public Cloud
7 26 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 24 (1.62%) Low-Code
9 23 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.21%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.21%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.21%) NHS
11 18 (1.21%) PKI
11 18 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
12 17 (1.15%) CCTV
12 17 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.15%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 437 (29.45%) Windows
2 209 (14.08%) Windows Server
3 109 (7.35%) Windows 10
4 55 (3.71%) Linux
5 47 (3.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 41 (2.76%) Windows 7
7 36 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (1.42%) Android
10 20 (1.35%) Apple iOS
11 18 (1.21%) Mac OS
12 15 (1.01%) Windows 8
13 13 (0.88%) Unix
14 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.40%) VMS
17 5 (0.34%) CentOS
17 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 4 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
2 216 (14.56%) Agile
3 207 (13.95%) Customer Service
4 206 (13.88%) Cybersecurity
5 189 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
6 157 (10.58%) ITIL
7 140 (9.43%) DevOps
8 119 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (7.68%) CRM
10 112 (7.55%) ERP
10 112 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 100 (6.74%) Project Management
12 99 (6.67%) Roadmaps
13 80 (5.39%) Analytics
14 79 (5.32%) Service Delivery
15 76 (5.12%) Line Management
16 75 (5.05%) CI/CD
16 75 (5.05%) Project Delivery
17 74 (4.99%) Decision-Making
17 74 (4.99%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 282 (19.00%) SQL
2 153 (10.31%) C#
3 115 (7.75%) JavaScript
4 82 (5.53%) PowerShell
5 57 (3.84%) T-SQL
6 48 (3.23%) Python
7 36 (2.43%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.42%) Java
8 21 (1.42%) VB
8 21 (1.42%) VB.NET
9 20 (1.35%) Bash
10 13 (0.88%) Bicep
11 9 (0.61%) C
11 9 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.54%) ActionScript
12 8 (0.54%) ActionScript 2.0
12 8 (0.54%) R
12 8 (0.54%) VB6
13 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 226 (15.23%) Degree
2 123 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 93 (6.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 65 (4.38%) SC Cleared
5 41 (2.76%) DBS Check
6 29 (1.95%) A+ Certification
7 25 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (1.62%) CCNA
9 23 (1.55%) MCSE
10 22 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.28%) MCP
12 18 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (1.15%) CCNP
14 13 (0.88%) MCSA
15 12 (0.81%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (0.81%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 10 (0.67%) HND
17 10 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 73 (4.92%) GDPR
3 46 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (2.90%) ISO 9001
5 41 (2.76%) SLA
6 38 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 38 (2.56%) QA
7 23 (1.55%) PMO
8 22 (1.48%) Data Quality
9 21 (1.42%) Accessibility
10 13 (0.88%) NIST
11 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.27%) GRC
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
14 2 (0.13%) COSHH
14 2 (0.13%) IASME
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.13%) SOX 404
System Software
1 326 (21.97%) Active Directory
2 122 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 96 (6.47%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.89%) Docker
5 23 (1.55%) VMware NSX
6 20 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
9 17 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
10 16 (1.08%) vSphere
11 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 6 (0.40%) pfSense
13 5 (0.34%) NFS
13 5 (0.34%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.13%) Firmware
16 2 (0.13%) XenApp
16 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.067%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (3.03%) SCCM
3 41 (2.76%) Terraform
4 37 (2.49%) EnCase
5 25 (1.68%) Kubernetes
6 13 (0.88%) AirWatch
6 13 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
6 13 (0.88%) vCenter Server
7 12 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.47%) SCOM
10 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.34%) Ansible
11 5 (0.34%) CASB
11 5 (0.34%) Stealthwatch
12 4 (0.27%) Autotask
13 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.20%) Nessus
13 3 (0.20%) Trend Micro Deep Security
13 3 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 188 (12.67%) VMware
2 71 (4.78%) Cisco
3 58 (3.91%) Apple
4 51 (3.44%) Dell
5 45 (3.03%) Veeam
6 42 (2.83%) Sophos
7 41 (2.76%) Citrix
8 40 (2.70%) HP
9 39 (2.63%) Adobe
10 33 (2.22%) Databricks
11 28 (1.89%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.62%) Sage
12 24 (1.62%) Salesforce
13 22 (1.48%) Meraki
14 21 (1.42%) CheckPoint
15 19 (1.28%) Oracle
16 18 (1.21%) Google
17 17 (1.15%) Facebook
17 17 (1.15%) Fortinet
18 16 (1.08%) Aruba